wiggery

noun2

1. •
   (no longer used) A wig or wigs; false hair.

   • There was nothing about their outward appearance of the august wiggery of statecraft, nothing of the ponderous dignity of ministerial position. — 1868
2. •
   (no longer used) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.

   • Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts]. — 1858